Windows 8 become suddenly inactivated

Hi everyone,

I upgraded my Windows from 7 to 8 pro using the 40$ offer and it worked like a charm : )
Unfortunately, today my room-mate tried to install a cracked version of Microsofot Office 365 and he ruined my computer. My windows 8 become inactive and the Windows keeps asking me to activate it.
I saw a lot of soltion for the error code 0xC004F074 here and all of them require the product key which I do not have.


Please help me

Oh thank god,
I contacted Micosoft live chat and they gave me the product key

I have a spare computer with Windows 8 Pro that was activated and upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate. It seems like I only use it every so often to stay current with the Microsoft updates. Today I suddenly get a message telling me to activate my computer as my key is being used on another computer and that is definitely not true! I had to go through the phone activation procedure, nine sets of 7 digits read, 8 sets of 6 digits entered and all is well again.

Could this have caused the de-activation, I turned the power off when MS told me not to turn the power off? In my defense that screen was up for more than a half hour and there was no visible activity. Maybe it was Microsoft's punishment for not doing what it told me to do.

Maybe it was Microsoft's punishment for not doing what it told me to do.

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LOL.